Introduce Props Bot workflow for consistent contributor attribution #258
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Props Bot is a GitHub Action that processes the activity on a pull request and any linked issues. The bot attempts to associate each GitHub use account with a linked w.org one and outputs a formatted list of `Co-authored-by` trailers that can be copied and pasted into the merge commit message. This ensures that everyone who contributed to a given merge receives props for their effort.
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The following accounts have interacted with this PR and/or linked issues. I will continue to update these lists as activity occurs. You can also manually ask me to refresh this list by adding the If you're merging code through a pull request on GitHub, copy and paste the following into the bottom of the merge commit message. To understand the WordPress project's expectations around crediting contributors, please review the Contributor Attribution page in the Core Handbook. |
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Props Bot is a GitHub Action that processes the activity on a pull request and any linked issues.
The bot attempts to associate each GitHub use account with a linked w.org one and outputs a formatted list of
Co-authored-bytrailers that can be copied and pasted into the merge commit message.This ensures that everyone who contributed to a given merge receives props for their effort, and that the list of contributors is predictably formatted for easy processing.
This bot is currently in the following repositories under the WordPress organization:
More details about the bot can be found in the original announcement post on the Make WordPress Core blog.